Data Management Jobs

Data Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 166 157
Rank change year-on-year +79 -9 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 2,544 1,765 4,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.81% 2.19% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 2.29% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 1,193 1,960
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,891 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £59,526 £56,407
% change year-on-year -8.44% +5.53% +12.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Salary trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +80 2,286 £60,000 -7.69% 343
UK excluding London +134 1,611 £54,500 -8.44% 267
Work from Home +31 816 £62,450 -0.08% 158
London +40 814 £75,000 +7.14% 113
South East +109 488 £52,500 -16.67% 66
Midlands +121 446 £55,000 -4.35% 71
North of England +121 373 £52,500 -4.89% 56
West Midlands +74 246 £55,000 -8.33% 42
East Midlands +102 200 £46,250 -3.65% 31
North West +73 188 £60,000 +9.09% 34
Scotland +18 122 £60,000 +0.80% 12
Yorkshire +97 117 £53,500 -3.43% 18
South West -31 92 £58,750 -2.49% 37
North East +34 68 £24,960 -52.00% 5
East of England +12 62 £46,297 -19.48% 24
Wales +31 21 £46,604 -6.79% 3
Northern Ireland +23 4 £70,000 +86.67% 9
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £55,000 -

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 334 (13.13%) SAS
2 82 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 39 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (1.22%) Apache
6 29 (1.14%) Confluence
7 8 (0.31%) CMS
8 7 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.28%) Kinematics
8 7 (0.28%) WordPress
9 5 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.16%) MQSeries
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 4 (0.16%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.12%) Orchard CMS
12 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.039%) Luigi
13 1 (0.039%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.039%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 620 (24.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 415 (16.31%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.55%) Sketch
6 11 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.24%) SPSS
7 6 (0.24%) Stata
8 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.039%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.039%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.039%) InVision
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.039%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 301 (11.83%) SAP ERP
2 31 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 5 (0.20%) Odoo
6 5 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.20%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.16%) Finacle
7 4 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
7 4 (0.16%) Magento
7 4 (0.16%) Maximo
7 4 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
7 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.16%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.16%) Temenos T24
8 3 (0.12%) iTrent
8 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 364 (14.31%) Azure
2 314 (12.34%) Power Platform
3 197 (7.74%) AWS
4 110 (4.32%) GCP
5 70 (2.75%) SaaS
6 64 (2.52%) Snowflake
7 55 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 53 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
9 49 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
11 40 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
12 38 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 37 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 30 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
15 28 (1.10%) Collibra
15 28 (1.10%) IaaS
16 24 (0.94%) Power Automate
16 24 (0.94%) Serverless
17 23 (0.90%) PaaS
18 18 (0.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 319 (12.54%) Broadband
2 33 (1.30%) Firewall
2 33 (1.30%) WAN
3 27 (1.06%) Internet
4 22 (0.86%) 5G
5 20 (0.79%) LAN
6 19 (0.75%) Wireless
7 18 (0.71%) TETRA
8 14 (0.55%) 4G
8 14 (0.55%) MPLS
8 14 (0.55%) WPA
9 12 (0.47%) VPN
10 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.35%) Network Security
11 9 (0.35%) SAN
12 8 (0.31%) LTE
12 8 (0.31%) NAS
12 8 (0.31%) PSTN
12 8 (0.31%) UMTS
12 8 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (11.36%) Power BI
2 192 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
3 125 (4.91%) SQL Server
4 123 (4.83%) Metadata
5 100 (3.93%) Data Lake
6 85 (3.34%) Tableau
7 69 (2.71%) Big Data
8 65 (2.56%) NoSQL
9 54 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 46 (1.81%) BigQuery
11 41 (1.61%) Data Mining
12 36 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 30 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
14 29 (1.14%) Power Query
15 28 (1.10%) Relational Database
16 27 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
17 25 (0.98%) Data Vault
18 24 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
19 23 (0.90%) MongoDB
20 22 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 142 (5.58%) JIRA
2 50 (1.97%) Git
3 27 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.51%) GitLab
5 12 (0.47%) LabVIEW
6 9 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.24%) ERwin
7 6 (0.24%) RStudio
8 4 (0.16%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.16%) LSMW
8 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.12%) MLflow
9 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.079%) MagicDraw
10 2 (0.079%) Maven
10 2 (0.079%) Moq
10 2 (0.079%) NUnit
10 2 (0.079%) Spinnaker
General
1 1,279 (50.28%) Finance
2 1,027 (40.37%) Social Skills
3 748 (29.40%) Analytical Skills
4 494 (19.42%) Retail
5 456 (17.92%) Marketing
6 280 (11.01%) Legal
7 240 (9.43%) Banking
8 167 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 71 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 70 (2.75%) Law
11 56 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 52 (2.04%) Manufacturing
13 41 (1.61%) Billing
14 39 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (1.30%) Financial Institution
16 32 (1.26%) Public Sector
17 25 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 25 (0.98%) Local Government
18 24 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
19 21 (0.83%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 493 (19.38%) Architect
2 369 (14.50%) Senior
3 345 (13.56%) Solutions Architect
4 340 (13.36%) Analyst
5 292 (11.48%) Development Manager
6 190 (7.47%) Data Manager
7 167 (6.56%) Data Analyst
8 165 (6.49%) Lead
9 133 (5.23%) Data Engineer
10 130 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
11 122 (4.80%) Developer
12 99 (3.89%) Data Architect
13 68 (2.67%) Consultant
14 57 (2.24%) Senior Architect
15 52 (2.04%) Senior Manager
16 47 (1.85%) Senior Data Engineer
17 44 (1.73%) Administrator
18 38 (1.49%) Coordinator
19 37 (1.45%) Project Manager
19 37 (1.45%) Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.63%) .NET
2 23 (0.90%) Kafka
2 23 (0.90%) PySpark
3 20 (0.79%) React
4 18 (0.71%) Apache Beam
5 17 (0.67%) AngularJS
5 17 (0.67%) HTML
6 14 (0.55%) WPF
7 13 (0.51%) Node.js
7 13 (0.51%) Web Services
8 12 (0.47%) Middleware
9 11 (0.43%) Pandas
10 9 (0.35%) EDI
10 9 (0.35%) Vue
11 8 (0.31%) CSS
11 8 (0.31%) PyTorch
11 8 (0.31%) XML
11 8 (0.31%) YAML
12 7 (0.28%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 223 (8.77%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 92 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 66 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 51 (2.00%) Algorithms
6 50 (1.97%) Onboarding
7 48 (1.89%) Reference Data
8 40 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 35 (1.38%) IoT
10 34 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (1.30%) Public Cloud
12 32 (1.26%) Mobile App
12 32 (1.26%) Reinsurance
13 28 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 25 (0.98%) Virtual Team
15 23 (0.90%) Blog
15 23 (0.90%) Driving Licence
16 22 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (0.83%) Taxonomies
18 19 (0.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 83 (3.26%) Linux
1 83 (3.26%) Windows
2 37 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 15 (0.59%) Unix
4 12 (0.47%) zOS
5 10 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.24%) Android
6 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.079%) AIX
8 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.079%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (40.76%) Agile
2 482 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
3 473 (18.59%) Data Governance
4 467 (18.36%) Analytics
5 459 (18.04%) Roadmaps
6 402 (15.80%) Business Development
7 382 (15.02%) Customer Requirements
8 368 (14.47%) Change Management
9 367 (14.43%) Logistics
10 366 (14.39%) ERP
11 360 (14.15%) Commercial Awareness
12 354 (13.92%) CAD
13 353 (13.88%) Facilities Management
13 353 (13.88%) Financial Modelling
14 342 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
15 341 (13.40%) Data Modelling
16 329 (12.93%) Performance Management
17 327 (12.85%) Strategic Roadmap
18 320 (12.58%) Enterprise Architecture
19 317 (12.46%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 493 (19.38%) SQL
2 226 (8.88%) Python
3 72 (2.83%) C#
4 51 (2.00%) Java
5 49 (1.93%) T-SQL
6 43 (1.69%) PowerShell
7 38 (1.49%) JavaScript
8 31 (1.22%) R
9 21 (0.83%) C++
10 20 (0.79%) Bash
11 18 (0.71%) C
12 11 (0.43%) Go
12 11 (0.43%) Scala
12 11 (0.43%) VBA
13 10 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.39%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.35%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.35%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.31%) PHP
16 7 (0.28%) XAML
Qualifications
1 461 (18.12%) Degree
2 130 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 66 (2.59%) Master's Degree
4 45 (1.77%) Security Cleared
5 36 (1.42%) ACCA
5 36 (1.42%) CIMA
6 28 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 28 (1.10%) DBS Check
7 26 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
8 25 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 19 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.75%) MBA
9 19 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.75%) SC Cleared
10 12 (0.47%) PhD
11 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.35%) CISSP
12 9 (0.35%) PMP
13 8 (0.31%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.24%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 457 (17.96%) Data Quality
2 264 (10.38%) GDPR
3 89 (3.50%) QA
4 61 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 46 (1.81%) SLA
6 24 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 18 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (0.59%) GRC
10 12 (0.47%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.35%) COBIT
11 9 (0.35%) PMO
12 7 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.24%) COSHH
13 6 (0.24%) GAAP
13 6 (0.24%) IFRS
13 6 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.20%) NIST
15 4 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
16 2 (0.079%) HL7
System Software
1 40 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 22 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.63%) Docker
5 8 (0.31%) Firmware
6 7 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.20%) NFS
8 4 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.12%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) HDFS
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (1.61%) Terraform
2 22 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.55%) Ansible
3 14 (0.55%) FortiGate
4 9 (0.35%) Grafana
5 8 (0.31%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.31%) Puppet
6 5 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.20%) SCOM
7 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.16%) Nagios
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.079%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.079%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) FTK
10 1 (0.039%) SCCM
Vendors
1 689 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 397 (15.61%) Oracle
3 387 (15.21%) SAP
4 299 (11.75%) Anaplan
4 299 (11.75%) Hyperion
5 115 (4.52%) Databricks
6 87 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 59 (2.32%) NEC
8 55 (2.16%) Informatica
9 51 (2.00%) Google
10 35 (1.38%) Virgin Media
11 28 (1.10%) VMware
12 26 (1.02%) Cisco
13 20 (0.79%) IBM
14 18 (0.71%) HP
14 18 (0.71%) Openreach
15 16 (0.63%) ServiceNow
16 14 (0.55%) Alteryx
16 14 (0.55%) Darktrace
16 14 (0.55%) Palo Alto